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Celiac disease is a gluten-related autoimmune disease with bowel-related symptoms early in the disease. It is the most common of all autoimmune diseases. Chronic celiac disease may produce widespread symptoms in the body due to poor absorption of nutrients by the intestine. Chronic celiac disease can be confused with other disease processes as a result […]

Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease with gluten sensitivity (gluten is found in wheat, rye, and barley). CD is found in a line of macaque monkeys. Dietary gluten causes damage to the small intestine in sensitive humans and macaques. Antibodies found in the small intestine in this disease target an enzyme which helps digest […]

It is known that increased dietary intake of fruits and vegetables is associated with reduced risk of cancer. The authors studied the relationship between dietary quercitin intake and the risk of cancer. Quercitin (a flavonoid) is found in fruits (apples and grapes) and vegetables (onions and broccoli). The authors used information from the Environment and […]

Heartburn is gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), in which acid stomach contents flow up the esophagus. Resultant symptoms are chest pain, belching and difficulty swallowing. Additional problems include pneumonitis, laryngitis, cough, middle ear infection, sleep disturbance, asthma and dental erosions. Up to 20% of U.S. adults have some GERD symptoms. On the other hand, people who […]

The authors report a case of tumor that contained eggs of Schistosoma japonicum parasites. The patient was a 57-year-old woman with a history of parasites, constipation and recent bloody diarrhea. Sigmoid colon cancer was diagnosed and an adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon was removed. The tumor contained parasite eggs, as did the lymph nodes. The […]

Chronic schistosomiasis infection has long been known to be associated with bladder cancer and colorectal cancer. Careful evaluation of this connection has not been done. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the histopathologic and genetic changes seen in chronic schistosomiasis patients with colorectal cancer as compared to people who had colorectal cancer […]